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wish fulfillment
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noun
gratification of desires.
Psychoanalysis. the drive to free oneself from tension caused by instinctual needs, as sex.
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Origin of wish fulfillment
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby wish fulfillment
wise up to, wish, wishbone, wishbone boom, wishful, wish fulfillment, wish fulfilment, wishful thinking, wishing well, wish list, wish on
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